She is 8 and made them by herself with just a couple of words of advice from me here and there. She is totally proud of herself and deservedly so I think. They took around 45 minutes each.
Instructions to make Felt Heart Bookmarks.
1/ First cut out 2 large and 2 small felt hearts
2/ Take some embroidery thread and a piece of ribbon (enough to go through the middle of a regular sized book) and start sewing around one heart, including the ribbon as you go around.
3/ Sew the button on. If you start sewing in the right place you can just add the button on when you finish sewing around, all in one go. Then do the same at the other end of the ribbon with the smaller heart. Make sure you have both hearts facing the same way; yes, yes she did! Thankfully she realised it before she had gotten too far around.
4/ Place fabric glue on the back of the hearts and then press the other hearts on in order to cover up the back of the sewn hearts.
5/ And there you have it. A simple but sweet bookmark. You could make these in so many different shapes and colours.
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